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i. The 8th
edition of the Indo-Russia joint military exercise ‘Indra 2016’ was
started in Vladivostok in Russia.

ii.
Indra is a biannual exercise which has
been carried out between the two allies since 2003.

2.COMMITTEES
FOR THE BIRTH CENTENARY OF PANDIT DEENDAYAL UPADHYAY

i. The PM,
Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the formation of two committees for the
commemoration of the birth centenary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay.

ii. The
Prime Minister will chair a 149 member National Committee, and the Home
Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, will chair a 23 member Executive Committee.

3. ARUN
GOYAL APPOINTED ADDITIONAL SECRETARY IN GST COUNCIL

i. Senior
IAS officer Arun Goyal has been appointed as Additional Secretary in the Goods
and Services Tax Council.

ii. The
Council, headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, is formed to decide on tax
rate, exempted goods and the threshold limit.

4.
WORLD’S LARGEST RADIO TELESCOPE BUILT IN CHINA

i. China has
built world’s largest radio telescope nicknamed Tianyan known as Heavenly Eye”
or “The Eye of Heaven.

ii. It has
started its operation and is part of China’s drive to become a science
powerhouse.

iii. It is
located in the Dawodang depression a natural basin in Pingtang County in the
Guizhou Province, Southwest China.

iv. It is
the world’s largest single dish radio telescope and the second largest radio
telescope after the Russian RATAN-600, which has a sparsely filled aperture.

5.
MISSION PARIVAR VIKAS TO BE LAUNCHED IN SEVEN STATES FOR IMPROVED FAMILY
PLANNING SERVICES

i.The Union
Health Ministry has decided to launch Mission Parivar Vikas in seven states for
improved family planning services.

ii. Its main
objective is to accelerate access to high quality family planning choices based
on information, reliable services and supplies within a rights-based framework.

iii. The key
strategic focus area of this initiative will be on improving access to
contraceptives through delivering assured services, dovetailing with new
promotional schemes and ensuring
commodity .

ii.The aircraft
will be equipped with latest missiles and weapon system like Meteor and Scalp.

iii.The 7.8 billion
Euro deal is crucial for the Indian Air Force and is expected to give India the
dominant status in the air

iv.The Rafale jet
has a strategic weapon has Beyond Visual Range
Meteor air-to-air missile with a range in excess of 150 kilometre.

2. JUNAID
AHMAD APPOINTED AS WORLD BANK COUNTRY DIRECTOR FOR INDIA

i.Junaid Ahmad has
been appointed as the World Bank Country Director for India.

ii. He will replace
succeed Onno Ruhl.

3.
DEMOCRATS AND DISSENTERS AUTHORED BY RAMACHANDRA GUHA RELEASED

I. Book titled
Democrats and Dissenters authored by Ramachandra Guha was released .

Ii.The book is a
work of rigorous scholarship on topics of compelling contemporary interest,
written with elegance and wit.

iii.Democrats and
Dissenters covers a wide range of themes such as national projects of India’s
neighbours to political debates within India itself, from the responsibilities
of writers to the complex relationship between democracy and violence.

4.
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE OBSERVED ON 21ST SEP

i. International
Day of Peace was observed across the world on 21st September

ii.The theme for the day is The Sustainable Development
Goals: Building Blocks for Peace.

iii.The day is
dedicated to world peace, and specifically the absence of war and violence,
such as might be occasioned by a temporary ceasefire in a combat zone for
humanitarian aid access.